As we start Month #10 of living in our bedroom, it seems a good time for an update. Although, actually, there's not much to report except that, as usual, nothing's gone according to plan. Where we last left off, the cabinets had just been installed in the kitchen area. Days later, Doug the appliance installer arrived to place the dishwasher (our 4-year old Bosch) and new warming drawer and refrigerator in place.
He was only able to install the warming drawer.
And that only, thank god, because Doug knew how to install an outlet and there was actually an empty space in a cabinet for him to do that. The electrician had run wire for it but the unit itself doesn't hard-wire, it needs an outlet. Nevermind that the drawer itself was here onsite all this time to physically inspect AND I'd pulled all the installation specs for every appliance and attached those to the drawings.
The dishwasher was uninstallable because our contractors had, during demolition, just cut the drain hose. From what I understand, in many/most dishwashers (or at least, any of those my contractor has ever seen) that's a generic aftermarket part that would typically be replaced in a new installation. But not the Bosch. Instead it's a piece that's installed inside the machine and it required taking apart the machine and installing a brand new factory hose from the connector point within the machine itself.
The refrigerator was uninstallable because when Doug unwrapped it, he found what we couldn't see through the industrial cellophane and cardboard edge trim: the front vent piece for the top that hides the compressors from view was bent back about an inch. It could not be bent back into place but requires full replacement of the steel parts that hold sides and top together. ( For any of you who ever consider building or remodelling, let this be a lesson to you: do not unwrap any of your appliances. Let the installer do it because that proves that any damage occurred prior to delivery. On this fridge, and also on the Viking stove, which when it was unwrapped was found to have no feet packed in the box, this alone saved both my warranties and additional expense. Also, hire your appliance seller or someone they reccomend for installation. When that guy phones them up and says X is wrong and you have to replace it, they believe him. They might not believe you or someone they don't know.) Anyway, those parts have to come from the factory and were, as of last week, about four weeks out.
One of these days we're going to get a break. I'm sure of it. Yeah. Uh huh.
I had to put it to Bob that we do everything or we do nothing, because the last thing we wanted was a 2009 kitchen with a 1983 everything-else. This house is too open to get away with that. Think you'll end up doing those bathrooms yet?